The Colonial Players is one of the region’s oldest continually operating non-professional theatre companies, marking its 70th anniversary this year. The very first production, “The Male …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:27PMWhen Lucas Hnath first conceived of “Hillary and Clinton” in 2008, he was writing for and about a very different America. Now, a total reimagining of the show has made its way to Broadwa…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PMNo stranger to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, former Adelaide brekky-radio host, Amos Gill is back in town after making a name for himself on the US comedy club circuit and a n…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 08:00PM
Be More Chill's Stephanie Hsu last seen in SpongeBob SquarePants The Broadway Musical is the latest Broadway star to join the cast of the acclaimed children's storytelling podcast, Circle Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMLa Mesa's Lamplighters Community Theatre is reviving movie-inspired show that won five Tony Awards in 1983
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:48PMHumphrey Bogart never said, “Play it again, Sam” in the 1942 Oscar-winning classic “Casablanca.” In fact, no one says it in the movie. And the mysterious voice in the adored 1989 fan…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PMHe was the green meanie of Broadway’s “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” and the Green Goblin of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” Now Patrick Page has gone to hell — …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:31PMApril 2019 marks the 80th Anniversary of the groundbreaking 1939 New York World’s Fair. To mark the occasion I’ve booked two talks at two related locations, one in Brooklyn, one in Queen…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:15PMOn this episode of BroadwayRadio’s “Tell Me More,” Matt Tamanini talks to actress Zoë Winters who is currently starring in The Public Theater’s “White Noise.” The gripping and t…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00PM
As part of his PhD research on theatre spectatorship at the University of Toronto, Scott Mealey interviews many audience members and says he’s “shocked” by the level of anxiety many of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:58PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at renderings of scenes from HAMILTON THE EXHIBITION Check out the photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMLaurie Metcalf looks and sounds nothing like Hillary Clinton, yet in her role in Broadway's 'Hillary and Clinton' she is, as always, nothing less than mesmerizing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:32PMChristopher Sieber stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Prom and more with Caitlin Moynihan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMRodgers and Hammerstein President Ted Chapin hosts the evening that will feature Kerstin Anderson and Jason Gotay.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PMThe two principals, Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro had been dismissed for sharing graphic text messages. An independent arbitrator determined that “while the company was justified in di…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:25PMChisa Hutchinson’s solo play, starring Brenda Pressley, will begin May 7 at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMIn this episode, I sit down with recent Ultimate Drag Pageant champion Kiki Ball-Change!To listen to the podcast, download and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, or Stitcher!
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:10PMDespite the theatre community embracing inclusion onstage with gender identity and non-traditional casting, when it comes to directors, there’s still a gender imbalance.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:04PMUsing your smart speaker to play music is the top use for them. But making music choices useful has been a challenge. “Using voice to sift through and access music may be a relatively new …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02PM“I am a ‘heart creature’ myself,” reveals production designer Jason Sherwood. “I like to have a personal connection to something” he says of the projects he chooses, “to find a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PM
Review submitted by Zoe Benton of Tuscarora High School. Would you sell your soul to the devil to help your favorite baseball team win? Joe Boyd would, becoming the new, younger Joe Hardy as…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:49PMSoorya Performing Arts presents the 11th American Natya Festival this weekend, hosting Indian dancers from around the world. The three-day event features western and Indian dance dramas on a…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:45PMThe playwright-performer of The Vagina Monologues will discuss her new book, The Apology.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMAudra McDonald, Michael Shannon, scribe Terrence McNally and director Arin Arbus talk about why now is the time for a Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Broadway revival.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMIn this latest episode, Ben learns to love his neighbor with choreography from The Prom, with the help of Jack Sippel. Can you keep up
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMThe point is, the act of reading is rarely a simple case of ‘finish one, start another one’—it’s an endless overlapping conversation between reader and page, an imprecise gumbo of ge…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:28PMCharm City Fringe, Inc. (CCF) which began in 2015 holds its Festival in Baltimore, Maryland. According to CCF, they provide a platform for theatrical artists to elevate their work and reach …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:11PMChurches damaged by earthquakes, buildings ravaged by fire. It’s too dangerous for visitors to enter, or perhaps the site will be damaged by visits. Now a trove of 3D models has been put o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01PMJohn Lithgow, Laurie Metcalf, scribe Lucas Hnath and more talk about Hillary and Clinton's timely arrival and shining the light on the private lives of characters we know on opening night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PM
By Bob Shuman Theatre watchers may contemplate how two plays, both once directed by Orson Welles for the Depression’s Federal Theatre, have devilishly reappeared, not during a time of low …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:59PMIt's showtime! Beetlejuice, the new musical based on the fan-favorite film, is playing at the Winter Garden Theatre. The production, which stars Alex Brightman in the outlandish titular role…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMBy Lexi DeFilippo, Communications Intern Spring 2019 This summer, FringeArts’ annual circus festival Hand to Hand returns to bring the wonder of contemporary circus to the heart of Philade…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 03:42PMIt’s like Crazy Rich Asians except way less intense.
The climax of last summer's hit movie Crazy Rich Asians featured a tense exchange between two characters o…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:38PMEven some writers writing science fiction get a bit cranky when you label is such… – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMOff-Broadway's Signature Theatre has announced an extension to the highly anticipated new musical Octet. Originally announced to play a limited run through June 9, the world premiere tuner …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMOff-Broadway's Signature Theatre has announced an extension to the highly anticipated new musical Octet. Originally announced to play a limited run through June 9, the world premiere tuner …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMThe world-premiere production, directed by Annie Tippe, will play an additional week at Off-Broadway’s Signature.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMReview submitted by Eamon Raftery-Sweeney of South Lakes High School. A Greek wedding. Three dads. Swedish pop group ABBA. If you mix all three of these and sprinkle in a bit of charm, you g…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:29PMThe kid-friendly lineup includes adaptations of favorite books and musical versions of beloved children’s films.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PMWhat begins as a comic road trip of ancestral rediscovery takes a hairpin turn into tragic history as “Everything Is Illuminated” makes its Southern Californian stage debut courtesy of S…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:20PMThe free event is open to the public and will take place May 16 at the theater, 2433 N. Lincoln.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:12PMThe fifth Broadway production of My Fair Lady opened a year ago today, as good a time as any to wax nostalgic over not just Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 musical, but over Pygmalion, the 1913 pl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:07PMA Tony Award nominee for Miss Saigon, Noblezada will perform Ballad of a Broadway Twenty-Something on Monday evenings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMAnthem: Homunculus “is not the first podcast musical to be released. And though it contains a love ballad from a brain tumor to its host, it may not even be the strangest. But it is probab…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:01PM
There have been countless Cher impersonators, impressions and wannabees over the Oscar-winning diva's decades-long career, but only one person can say she made her Broadway debut telling o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMEnda Walsh's stage adaptation of Max Porter’s novel will begin performances at St. Ann’s Warehouse Off-Broadway April 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMFrozen set designer Christoper Oram hid some scenes from his favorite Disney films in the set for the Broadway adaptation of the hit film Have you managed to spot any while catching the show…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMToday, April 18, the producers of The Play That Goes Wrong are celebrating the birthdays of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, Eliot Ness and Kate Hudson by releasing new video of the brilliant…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMScott Gryder triumphs in "Buyer & Cellar," Jonathan Tolin one-person play about a struggling actor who works in Barbra Streisand's basement.
The post Worth Full Retail Value: ‘Buyer &a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:38PMThey closed from neglect. Most were abandoned or turned into storefronts. Now, one-by-one they’re being restored and reopened. It’s quite grand. – BBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:32PM"We only have this minute that we are in. Once it's gone, we can't change it. Tomorrow we are not guaranteed anything. We only have this moment which is a gift." - Olivia Newton-John
I am be…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 02:32PM"Be More Chill," the dazzling and inventive musical based on the cult Young Adult novel by Ned Vizzini, has made a successful transfer to Broadway Lyceum Theater with the same cast and an ex…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:10PMThe North American tour of Disney's Aladdin welcomed its two millionth guest, Marcela Bloise, last night on April 18 at The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, where the hit Broadway mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMBlood, lust, and love coalesce in the poignant personification of this Midwest premiere.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:06PMHalley Feiffer’s new play, directed by Trip Cullman, is set to open at Playwrights Horizons April 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMThe Fondo de Cultura Económica is a huge government-funded publishing house, influential throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and its boss basically is Mexico’s minister of literature. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:02PMWho would have ever thought the words ‘dark’ and ‘sexual’ would ever apply to the 1943 classic musical Oklahoma? Without considerable changes to the script or the music, direct…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:02PMYear Two has officially begun at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and that means that a brand new class of witches and wizards has begun a magical journey at Hogwarts or the Lyric Theatre.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PM
Tony-winning set designer Santo Loquasto discusses creating the word of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMAdditional casting has been announced for Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit and Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMLast Thanksgiving, Broadway’s The Prom had just recently opened at the Longacre Theatre when it took part in the annual Macy’s parade. Performing the musical’s big finale number “Tim…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:30PMReview: Vessel, Sadler's Wells4.0starsFrom the primordial darkness, inhuman shapes begin to shift as slow eerie sounds begin to build. This is Vessel’s first touch down at Sadler’s Wells…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:29PMCanadian museums have not done a good job including indigenous culture in their collections or on their walls. Now a new federal government initiative aims to make a review of museum policie…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:27PMGet a sneak peek at our spring photo and interview series about this season's biggest Broadway showstoppers.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:23PMWe've got you babes because The Cher Show's Michael Graceffa is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story tomorrow, April 20th Be sure to tune in to see what goes into a two-show day at th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PMNo more sweet village maiden, caddish duke, or white-clad dancing spirits. “Khan’s Giselle has a new score, new décor and costumes, a contemporary setting — migrant laborers in ghostl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PMACT in San Francisco is staging playwright and actress Kate Hamill's feminist re-invention of "Vanity Fair."
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMAt 53, Simon Evans isn’t so different from circuit comedians half his age – a rhetorical stream of invective squirted squarely at current events, with the exception that he speaks entire…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe Tony-winning director behind Les Misérables and Cats brings the true story of the “Granny Spy” to the silver screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM
Ghostlight Records has announced that the new musical The Man in the Ceiling - with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Jules Feiffer, based on his novel - is available for digita…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMCast and crew members from the comedy celebrate Earth Day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMBroadwayCon celebrates its fifth year in 2020, returning to the New York Hilton Midtown on Friday, January 24 through Sunday, January 26. Tickets go on sale to the public today, Friday, Apri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMSince 1973, the arrival of Passover/ Good Friday/ Easter has meant an annual television screening of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 Biblical epic The Ten Commandments. That initial showing on ABC…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:39PMBroadwayWorld has an inside look at THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA World Tour, led by Jonathan Roxmouth and Meghan Picerno Check out the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMMiami is a curious place, one of the world’s most international cities. Everyone seems to be from someplace else. And in recent years that has translated into a lively theatre scene, with …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:31PMThe musical is the recipient of the most Tony Awards in theater history with 12 wins including Best Musical. The day after its opening,The Producersbroke the record for the largest single da…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMTony-winning set designer Christopher Oram hid some Disney moments of yesteryear into Arendelle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMAs a Student Blogger, you will have the chance to share your experience and personal perspective as a student of the theatrical arts. You must be studying the theatrical arts, but you do NOT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMMany of Broadway's brightest stars, most sensational ensembles and illustrious legends will make special appearances at the 33rd annual Easter Bonnet Competition on Monday, April 22, at 430 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMA legal dispute between Oklahoma’s network of PBS affiliates and the foundation through which viewers support it just ended (and so did the foundation). Similar discord in Arkansas is even…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMThe new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, starring Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Audra McDonald and two-time Academy Award nominee Micha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMIt's not everyday you get rediscovered music, posthumously released music from a musical theater icon, but alas that day has come. The Jonathan Larson Project is a new album featuring previo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM
When “Hadestown” was first staged as a tiny, DIY theater project in Vermont, those involved could never have predicted that it was the start of a twelve-year journey to Broadway – or h…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:56AMThe Australian maestra talks about building collaborations and the mysteries of Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMHillary and Clinton opened last night, March 16, 2019, at the John Golden Theatre, where it plays through July 21, 2019. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night See our coverage from the r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMNothing quite got me going like hearing Alice Whitfield and the cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris braggadociously belting about 'the time when Brussels was king.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMTony winners and towering talents Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow are taking on the roles of Hillary and Bill Clinton in Lucas Hnath's new play. Hillary and Clinton officially opened at Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:37AMGhostlight Records has announced it will record a new cast album of Cole Porter's musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, based on the current hit production from the Roundabout Theatre Company Todd H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMPlay focuses on economic upheaval that threatens to tear apart factory workers' families and friendships in struggling industrial town
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 11:33AMFrom musical theatre to Shakespeare, Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels will star as Henry and Katherine respectively in The Barn Theatre’s upcoming production of the Bard’s Henry V.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:31AMOrganist organist Olivier Latry made the recording in January. This week he posted an update on the instrument on Facebook: “Despite all the damage in the Cathedral, the organ miraculously…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMThe annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will take place April 22 and 23 at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThe Cher Show's Jarrod Spector offers up a surprise bonus episode chronicling his whirlwind time singing with Cher on The Tonight Show and his amazing concert at Sony Hall.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMThe playwright and actor questions the U.S. Constitution in her Broadway debut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMThe playwright and actor questions the document in her Pulitzer Prize finalist play What the Constitution Means to Me.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMTerrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is gearing up to return to Broadway. Starring six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald and Tony nominee Michael Shannon, the new staging…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMToday Ghostlight Records announces a May 20 digital download and streaming release date for the soundtrack toAnthem Homunculus,created by award-winning writerdirector John Cameron MitchellHe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMBy Mark Ludmon
Rehearsals are under way for a landmark revival of British musical The Hired Man that will be staged in Hull, Oldham and east London. The cast will feature: Jon Bonner (The C…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:13AM'If the universe is infinite,' Laurie Metcalf, playing Laurie Metcalf, explains to the audience at the outset of Lucas Hnath's sharp and funny bit of political fan fiction, Hillary and Clint…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMBroadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS Presents the 33rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Monday and Tuesday at the Minskoff Theatre
By: Ellis Nassour
April 19, 2019: The Red Bucket Brig…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:09AMOn this mornings episode of TODAY,Heidi Schreck sat down to share how her first love - the Constitution - became a Broadway play about one girl's love affair with the nation's most important…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMApril 17, 2019: The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Executive Artistic Director) announced the 2019 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:02AM“There are lessons to be learned for today’s technologists and futurists in Marinetti’s [Futurist Manifesto], and it would be foolish to ignore them. Let’s first take a look at the w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:01AMTina: The Tina Turner Musical is a cast recording that’s worth listening to whether you’ve seen the show or not, as you can absolutely appreciate the performances & musicianship – …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMNo contemporary play better captures America's cultural divides than Eleanor Burgess' "The Niceties," in which a standout black student and a distinguished white professor clash over race an…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMCollege campuses have become the crucible of the new and expanded culture wars embroiling America, and no contemporary play does a better job of capturing the tenor of this fierce battle tha…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMIn adapting Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, award-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin looked at the iconic characters of the recently named "best-loved" American novel with fre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM
The Tony nominee lends his take to the King George tune.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMWunderbar! Ghostlight Records has announced that the sumptuous Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate will be preserved as an original cast recording. The album will be recorded on April 22, with…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMThe first season features over 30 original songs performed by Cynthia Erivo, Patti LuPone, Glenn Close, Marion Cotillard, Denis O’Hare, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMGina Moffatt’s remarkable story inspired Emma Dennis-Edwards to write Funeral Flowers, a hit at last year’s Edinburgh fringe. Now, the story has come full circle back to north London
Thr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMThe essays here give readers an eyewitness glimpse into mid-century queer life will intrigue (if not shock) younger LGBT+ people.
The post Book Review: “In Search of Stonewall” — Illum…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:51AMMick Jagger and his ballerina girlfriend Melanie Hamrick hosted the US premiere of their ballet, soundtracked by Rolling Stones songs
“I hope you’re going to enjoy this wonderful, new ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMThe Roundabout revival, extended through June, will record an album with Ghostlight next week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Ian McKellen On Stage with Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and You at the Mercury Theatre Colchester as part of its UK Tour.
This post REVIEW: Ian McKelle…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:46AMTony nominee Lucas Hnath's new play Hillary and Clinton will offer up a midnight performance this spring as a benefit for The Actors Fund. The show will be held on Thursday, May 16 at 11:59p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMTake, for instance, the recent Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s True West and the wreckage Ethan Hawke left behind every show. “How would anyone, save for a skilled team of crime sce…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AMBartlett wrote the musical with Mark Bornfield.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMJonathan Church, artistic director of Theatre Royal Bath’s summer season, has announced further productions and new casting for the 2019 programme. Katherine Parkinson joins Rupert Everett…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AM“Like many white intellectuals, Whitman seems to have been seduced by the proliferation of racist pseudo-science in the post-Civil War era, … [and his] racism was not limited to black pe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AMIn the first scene of the play “Steel Magnolias,” Robert Harling’s 1987 love letter to small-town Southern women, two Louisiana friends share favorites from their recipe boxes. Cuppa C…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
The Provincetown Art House and Town Hall have announced the summer 2019 lineup of stars from stage and screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMOn the opening night of Hadestown, the cast and friends test their godly knowledge with Matt Rodin in this Red Carpet Challenge.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:53AMThe Broadway Musicals of 1965 and 1978 will take place May 20 at The Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMThe new playstarring Tony winners Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow, opened on Broadway April 18 at the John Golden Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AM“The class led by Maria del Carmen Silva, a former professional dancer, is bringing classical ballet dancing to children from impoverished communities where leotards and shiny pink pointe …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:46AMThis summer the play-pairing Sea Wall/A Life, which just completed a run at The Public Theatre, will transfer to Broadway for a limited engagement. Following the production to Broadway’s H…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:44AMThe musical is inspired by the life of The Lion King star Manye.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AM“Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, … [though they] don’t have a green light to search Notre Dame’s cha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:31AMThe major selling point for “Footloose” is leading lady (and Northwestern University grad) Lucy Godinez as Ariel, the preacher’s daughter.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:30AMHow would have Yuval Sharon’s bewildering new production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” gone over in Los Angeles? That was the first thing that crossed my mind as I walked out of the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMSqueaks of anticipation greet the opening strains of familiar songs at a local revival of the stage musical “Singin’ in the Rain,” adapted from the 1952 MGM movie that keeps Gene Kelly…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMThe PRH Reader Rewards Loyalty Program will let members enter proof-of-purchase info online; when you reach 120 points (roughly ten books, the company says), you get up to $30 credit toward …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AMThe Golden Theatre, New York
The Tony award winner dominates as the politician in a 2008-set work of speculative stage drama with John Lithgow as her supportive husband
Remember when Hillar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM“The solo show for the Swedish artist, which has been widely praised by critics, has drawn in over 600,000 visitors. That influx of foot traffic has been accompanied by a 34 percent increa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMQuestions of gender and identity drive headlines daily, so it’s only natural to find the topic taking center stage in our theaters. With emotional tones ranging from light to dark, this we…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMA wild new onstage look at the “Embassy Waltz,” recorded during a live performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMChristopher Jackson, a star of the CBS drama “Bull,” will visit Midland for the showcase of high school musical theater talent.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AMComposer Anais Mitchell, director Rachel Chaikin, and actors Patrick Page and Amber Grey chat with Rebecca about their buzzy new musical's journey to Broadway.
SOURCE: play.acast.com at 09:00AMFrom a bountiful Easter brunch and a 4/20 "high" tea to the return of Esa-Pekka Salonen and Dr. Ruth herself, here are the 14 best things to do in Los Angeles this week!
SOURCE: www.laweekly.com at 09:00AMRock of Ages is a jukebox music which lacks any storyline but makes up for it through the use of humour and performance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
“[The move is] a potentially crucial step toward resolving a contentious labor dispute” — the musicians have been playing without a contract since January — “and allowing the organ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:47AMEstelle Rubens, who died in January of 2018, was a popular guide at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for about 15 years, and she had told officials there that she’d leave the museum a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33AMThe first half of the musical “Falsettos” is set in 1979, the second in 1981 — years when Marvin, who leaves his wife and son for a man, was on the wrong side of sodomy laws in a numbe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AMHillary and Clinton opened last night, March 16, 2019, at the John Golden Theatre, where it plays through July 21, 2019. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night Check out the photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMNot even two of the brightest stage stars — Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow — can make “Hillary and Clinton” more than a wispy exercise. The barbed comedy that opened Thursday night …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:22AMCharlotte Arrowsmith, who joined the Royal Shakespeare Company last year to play Cassandra in Troilus and Cressida, stepped in for a colleague last week and played Vincentia in the RSC produ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18AMReview: Sitting, Arcola Theatre3.0Overall ScoreAfter a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sitting, Katherine Parkinson’s debut play, transfers to the Arcola Theatre. It is a short play …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:02AMThe north London home of experimental theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary in good shape and with a healthy roster of challenging
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMThe theaters are aiming to get their old programs, photos and other archival material in order, perhaps for public access.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:00AM
Review: Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre 4.0stars Fresh from the smouldering success of Summer and Smoke, Rebecca Frecknall reignites Anton Chekhov’s 1901 classic at the Almeida Theatre. Bes…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:51AMRamin Karimloo has released a new cover of 'You'll Be Back' from Hamilton. The song is now available for streaming and downloading on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMSays Negin Khpelwak, the 22-year-old leader of the Zohra Orchestra, “We can bring freedom, peace and honor to Afghanistan. Women can’t go back to the dark days — they can break our ins…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:50AM“A source at RAI said the plan was about repositioning programmes to better target male and female audiences, rather than gender segregation, but the potential move has been lambasted by o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:37AMWhen memory fails, writing can recall, awaken, and even liberate.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:30AMReview: Toast, The Other Palace 4.0stars Welcomed in by the comforting smell of toast, I enter The Other Palace which plays host to the latest incarnation of the food writer Nigel Slater’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:30AMHold on to your hats, Smash fans! Andy Mientus is making his UK stage debut in the European premiere of new LGBTQ+ musical THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Soho Theatre in July. And he's joined by a hot…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:30AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I review two Broadway openings, Lucas Hnath’s Hillary and Clinton and a revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. Here’s an excerpt. * * …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AMHumphrey Bogart endorses major-league baseball in an undated TV commercial filmed and originally telecast in the Fifties: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMThere’s plenty to like about Wow Everything Is Amazing, particularly the young performers. But it feels simultaneously too simple of story, and one that was created by adults and foisted o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMCoach & Horses pub to host new version of play based on ‘brilliantly funny, sour’ journalist
The journalist Jeffrey Bernard would wake up, smoke in bed for 30 minutes “contemplatin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThis was the marquee when I was born. An omen? Yes.
When I see Beetlejuice next month, it will be the 5th different show I've seen at the Winter Garden Theatre. I've been seeing shows on Br…
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Alanis Morissette, who will be represented on Broadway next season with Jagged Little Pill, will be celebrated in story and song at Feinstein's54 Below on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019, at 930…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31AMThe Pennsylvania-born photographer travelled the US, documenting how historical events have left a mark on the landscape
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:30AMMusic director Gustavo Dudamel takes on the powerful sound world of Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and more
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:21AMSoho theatre, LondonThere’s comedy and mystery but darker themes are under-explored in this original but tricksy meta-theatre production
Anthony (Ciarán Owens) is a thirtysomething gay ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMPlus: China’s galleries take on western artists; blockchain-backed art registry secures $7.3m; collectors give €300m to Notre-Dame
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:20AMOlivia Colman stars as an infantile Queen Anne, and a black call-centre worker uses a ‘white voice’ to advance his career
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13AMThe role of Ma Joad in the John Steinbeck-Frank Galati play, “The Grapes of Wrath,” is central — in fact, enormously crucial — to the understanding of this Pulitzer Prize-winning sto…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:01AMSmall towns afraid of dancing and alternative lifestyles (such as … enjoying dancing, I guess) have provided a fair amount of fodder for musicals. “The Prom,” the sweet-and-snarky musi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe landmark revival of Howard Goodal's THE HIRED MAN, running at the Queens Theatre Hornchurch this month (before touring to Hull and Oldham) has announced a cast of fantastic StageFaves. T…
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On a hike in the Cotswolds, the novelist talks about the ethics of AI, his Brexit obsession — and the ‘profound refreshment’ he finds in walking
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:08AMThe Rodgers and Hammerstein classic first opened on Broadway April 19, 1945.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Netta Yerushalmy's "Paramodernities" at New York Live Arts, "A move with outstretched arms and an upward gaze in the context of Ailey’s work might portray an oppressed peop…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMHalley Feiffer and Trip Cullman discuss collaborating on The Pain of My Belligerence at Playwrights Horizons---"We joke that this is the healthiest relationship in our lives," says Halley Fe…
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